AXIOS February 9, 2024
A push to let physicians prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally ill patients is getting major attention in statehouses this year, with lawmakers in 19 states considering bills to allow the practice.
The big picture: Despite continuing skepticism from the medical establishment, the controversial policy is gaining new momentum because of personal anecdotes, experience from states that were among the first to allow it, and changing attitudes partly driven by the pandemic’s devastation.
- States considering legislation are as varied as Florida, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Virginia (where the Senate may vote on it as soon as Friday).
These bills typically allow people with six months or less to live to request prescriptions from a doctor that they can take at...
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